Director
Miguel Borges
Born 1937 · Picos, Piauí, Brazil
Miguel Henrique Borges, professional name Miguel Borges (Picos, Piauí, February 21, 1937 - São Lourenço, Minas Gerais, June 17, 2013) was a Brazilian filmmaker and journalist, working in Rio newspapers such as O metropolitano, Tribuna da Imprensa, Última Hora and Jornal do Comércio and Prensa Latina. He is considered one of the precursors of Cinema Novo due to his direction in the episode "Zé da Cachorra" in the collective film Cinco Vezes Favela, being his first work as a director. He ended his work as a filmmaker in 1985 with the short film "The Shoes".
Directed
Five Times Favela
Director · 1962
Perpétuo Contra o Esquadrão da Morte
Director · 1967
As Escandalosas
Director · 1970
Pecado na Sacristia
Director · 1975
O Último Malandro
Director · 1974
Maria Bonita, Rainha do Cangaço
Director · 1968
O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões
Director · 1971
Consórcio de Sexo
Director · 1981
The Claudia Case
Director · 1979
Os Sapatos
Director · 1985
Canalha em Crise
Director · 1965
Writing
Five Times Favela
Writer · 1962
Batalha dos Guararapes
Screenplay · 1978
Perpétuo Contra o Esquadrão da Morte
Screenplay · 1967
Pecado na Sacristia
Screenplay · 1975
Emboscada
Screenplay · 1971
A Noiva da Cidade
Co-Writer · 1978
O Último Malandro
Screenplay · 1974
As Tranças de Maria
Screenplay · 2003
Maria Bonita, Rainha do Cangaço
Screenplay · 1968
Tati, a Garota
Screenplay · 1973
Seven Men Alive or Dead
Writer · 1969
O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões
Writer · 1971